Elegant Machinery

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Elegant Machinery
Elegant Machinery, concert in "Sala Zero" (Tarragona) on January 23rd, 2016
Elegant Machinery, concert in "Sala Zero" (Tarragona) on January 23rd, 2016
General information
Genre (s) Synth pop
founding 1988, 2005
resolution 1999
Website http://www.elegantmachinery.se
Current occupation
Robert Enforsen
Richard Jomshof (née Johansson)
Keyboard
 Leslie Bayne
former members
Keyboard
 Johan Malmgren (1992 to 2007)

Elegant Machinery is a Swedish synthpop band, which was founded in 1988 and its name was the 1989th Her music is characterized by old analog synthesizer sounds that are reminiscent of the 1980s.

Band history

In 1988 Richard Jomshof (née Johansson) and Leslie Bayne formed a band, a year later Robert Enforsen joined them as lead singer. In 1989 the first demos were recorded with the producer Jonas Warnebring, including the songs "Safety In Mind" and "Little Sacrifice". Inspired by the band Data's third album , they did not call themselves Pole Position , as originally planned , but Elegant Machinery .

In 1990 the first single "Safety in Mind" was published with a circulation of 500 copies and was sold out just seven days later. The first tour also started in 1991. In 1992, the first studio album “Degraded Faces” was recorded and released under the Swedish label Energy Rekords . The title "Process" was extracted from this as a single. The single made it to number 5 on the Spanish charts and became the greatest commercial success in the band's history. The album and single were then licensed to the Spanish record company Bol Records . Johan Malmgren has also been a permanent member of the band since 1992. In the summer of 1993, the second studio album "Shattered Grounds" was recorded. This was followed by a successful tour of Germany together with the band SPOCK .

In 1994 Leslie Bayne left the band. There were some concerts in Germany and Hungary and the single "Watching You" was released. In 1996 the third studio album "Yesterday Man" was released, with Anders Eliasson (a former member of the old synthpop band Page ) . Followed by a tour of Germany and Sweden in 1997, it would become the band's best-selling album. In 1998 the band toured again in Germany. Together with Eskil Simonsson ( Covenant ) the album "A Decade of Thoughts" was recorded, a kind of best-of album. The band also made a few appearances on Swedish television. In 1998 the band received the “Best Live Act 1997” award from SEMA (Swedish Alternative Music Awards).

In the same year they separated for personal reasons and due to problems with the record label.

reunion

In the following years, despite the official separation, there were some appearances worldwide. In 2005, Elegant Machinery made a comeback. The band recorded an album in 2006 and performed in Spain and at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig. This was followed by concerts in Mexico and interviews in magazines and on Mexican television. In Germany the band played two pieces from the new album, which were improved again and used as a demo. In 2007 Elegant Machinery signed a contract with the German label Out of Line . In 2008 the first single after the reunification, "Feel the Silence", was released. The second single on the album is called "Move" and was released in the summer.

resolution

Although a new album was announced for the end of 2011, it was announced in April '11 that the band had split up due to differences.

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • 1991: Safety in at least
  • 1992: Process (5th place in Spain)
  • 1993: Hard to handle (40th place in Sweden)
  • 1994: Repressive thoughts
  • 1995: Watching You
  • 1996: Myself with you
  • 1998: Fading away
  • 1998: Words of wisdom
  • 2008: Feel the Silence
  • 2008: Move
  • 2016: I (EP)

Videos

  • 1999: Live At Virtual X-Mas 98
  • 2005: Archives
  • 2008: Feel the silence
  • 2008: Move

Other publications

  • 1991: My Secret Garden
  • 1996: To Cut A Long Story Short

swell

  1. ↑ Dissolution ( memento of the original from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sonic-seducer.de
  2. ↑ elegantmachinery.se: "The biggest success though, was when the single Process managed to climb as high as number 5 on the official Spanish chart back in 1992." ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elegantmachinery.se
  3. ↑ Cover on the sampler "I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous - A Swedish Tribute To Depeche Mode"
  4. ↑ Cover on the sampler "To Cut A Long Story Short - a tribute to the pioneers of electronic pop"

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